"Floating" a movieclip

Question

Real quick,
Does anyone have any ideas as to how to make a movieclip
appear to float in the air? I want it to stay within... say 40
pixels of its original x and y coordinates. I'm just not that good
at making visual effects, I'm more into data integration. Thanks!
Sam

Answer 1

hey, i just signed up and posted my own question, so i
thought that in the spirit of reciprocity, i'd try and answer a
few....
place this code on the first frame of the movie that you want
to float:
var xMin:Number = this._x - 10
var xMax:Number = this._x + 10
var yMin:Number = this._y - 10
var yMax:Number = this._y + 10
var tSec:Number = 1 //number of seconds for the tween to
take, and how often to start a new tween
var me:MovieClip = this
function newTween(){
//adjust the easing class as needed
//see the different easing classes at:
http://www.actionscript.org/tutorials/advanced/Tween-Easing_Classes_Documented/index.shtml
var xNew:Number = (Math.random()*(xMax-xMin)) + xMin
var yNew:Number = (Math.random()*(yMax-yMin)) + yMin
xTween = new mx.transitions.Tween(me, "_x",
mx.transitions.easing.Regular.easeInOut, me._x, xNew, tSec, true)
yTween = new mx.transitions.Tween(me, "_y",
mx.transitions.easing.Regular.easeInOut, me._y, yNew, tSec, true)
var IntID:Number = setInterval(newTween,tSec*1000) //use
IntID to clear the interval later if needed
hope that helped